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Kuih talam

A two-layered rice cake, one green and fragrant with pandan, the other white with salted coconut milk. It is soft, slightly wobbly, and enjoyed as a traditional Malay sweet.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Couche blanche

Couche verte

Instructions

  1. Blend the pandan leaves with 200 ml of water and strain the juice to obtain a fragrant water.
  2. Make the white layer: mix the rice flour, starch, coconut milk and salt in a bowl.
  3. Make the green layer: mix the starch, sugar, coconut milk, pandan water and colouring in another bowl.
  4. Heat the white layer in a pan over medium heat, stirring, until it thickens, about 5 minutes.
  5. Pour the white layer into an oiled 20 cm tin and let it set for 5 minutes in the fridge.
  6. Heat the green layer, stirring until thickened, then gently pour it over the first layer.
  7. Let it set for 1 hour in the fridge before unmoulding.
  8. Cut into diamonds and serve cold or at room temperature.

Variations and tips

Version without colouring. Keep the green layer natural with just the pandan water, giving a paler colour but just as fragrant.

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